Hopefully, my attempt at humor didn't drop like a lead balloon. Colin, was that George somebody, George Bogardus?
On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 9:52 AM Steve Loebs <steve.lo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting info. The story from Vans has been that the RV-1 was a > modified Stits Playboy. So, what you are saying is that the Playboy hooked > up with the Ms. Taylor and their baby was the RV-1? > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 8:18 AM Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> wrote: > >> Many years ago I when I was working on the optimal airfoil for N56ML, >> I called Stu Robinson (one of the two "designers" of the KR1 and KR2) to >> ask him where he got the detailed specifications for the RAF 48 that is >> detailed in the KR plans. His answer was that it was used on the >> Taylor Monoplane, and that and many other details of the Monoplane were >> "borrowed" for the KR1. Actually the Monoplane used the RAF45 airfoil >> (if you can believe the "InterWeb"). >> >> That's not to take anything from Rand/Robinson, as the big thing they >> brought to the table was "composite construction".....foam and Dynel >> (which quickly become fiberglass). Whatever RAF airfoil it was, that >> series of airfoils was developed LONG ago, and I could find NOTHING >> about its characteristics at the time. Airfoil development has come a >> long way since then, hence KRnet members' 1994 effort to design a better >> airfoil for our planes. See http://www.krnet.org/as504x/ for that >> interesting story, and all the gory details of the airfoils that most of >> us are using today when building a KR series airplane. Download it for >> free at http://www.krnet.org/as504x/templates.html. I can probably >> remove all the "USE AT YOUR OWN RISK" stuff from that page, as there are >> a LOT of planes flying these airfoils now, and these airfoils are being >> designed into the FreeBird as well. >> >> And for those wondering what "Dynel" is, think coarse, white, stiff >> burlap! Jim Faughn's KR2 is made of that, so I get to see some every >> time I repair a composite piece of it! >> >> Mark Langford >> m...@n56ml.com >> http://www.n56ml.com >> Huntsville, AL >> >> >> -- >> KRnet mailing list >> KRnet@list.krnet.org >> https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >> >
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